SB 1658 Hawaii Senate · 2025 Regular Session

RELATING TO TRAFFIC.

Summary

Transfers to the Department of Transportation one hundred per cent of the proceeds of the fines and forfeitures collected for uncontested traffic infractions committed within any county having a population of more than 150,000 but less than 175,000. Requires the proceeds to be deposited into a new county progress subaccount of the State Highway Fund, from which the DOT shall allocate moneys for the Lahaina Bypass North Project, and subsequently for state-designated critical highway projects within the county in which the uncontested traffic infractions were committed. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)

Issues: ✓ Transportation

Sub-Topics: Traffic Safety

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Jan 23, 2025 Last action Feb 14, 2025

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SB1658 → SB1658_SD1 · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill was updated from an original draft to a Senate committee version (SD1). The substantive policy content remains largely the same, but the formatting was significantly altered to include metadata headers and footers typical of legislative tracking systems. The core provisions establishing a new traffic fine revenue stream for specific counties and directing funds to the Lahaina Bypass North project were preserved.

Scope change

No substantive change to the bill's scope; the legislative intent and applicability remain identical to the original draft.

TECHNICAL

Removed original header information and replaced with Senate committee metadata including document tracking numbers, timestamps, and revision identifiers.

Reformatted text layout and removed page numbering artifacts from the original document structure.

Inserted new sections 3-6 regarding disposition of fines, non-retroactivity, statutory formatting conventions, and effective date (July 1, 2050).

Added report title and description summarizing the bill's purpose and key provisions.

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Committee

Feb 14, 2025

Committee

Reported from TCA (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 622) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM/JDC.

upper

Feb 11, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on TCA recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in TCA were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Lee, C., Inouye, Elefante, Kanuha, DeCorte; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.

upper

Feb 7, 2025

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on TCA has scheduled a public hearing on 02-11-25 3:01PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.

upper

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Re-Referred to TCA, WAM/JDC.

upper

Jan 27, 2025

Committee

Referred to TCA/EIG, WAM/JDC.

upper

Jan 23, 2025

Introduced

Introduced.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors